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The module ExtendedAttributesMBS
module ExtendedAttributesMBS| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| module | Files | MBS MacOSX Plugin | 12.5 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | All |
Example:
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.rtf")
// keys starting with "com.apple.metadata:" are indexed by Spotlight
call ExtendedAttributesMBS.SetAttribute(f, "com.apple.metadata:test", "testvalue")
Linux support added for plugin version 16.4.
For Windows, please use LargeBinaryStreamMBS class to read/write streams.
- method Available as boolean
- method GetAttribute(path as folderitem, name as string, options as Integer = 0) as Variant
- method GetAttribute(path as string, name as string, options as Integer = 0) as Variant
- method GetRawAttribute(path as folderitem, name as string, options as Integer = 0) as memoryblock
- method GetRawAttribute(path as string, name as string, options as Integer = 0) as memoryblock
- method LastError as Integer
- method LastErrorMessage as string
- method ListAttributes(path as folderitem, Options as Integer = 0) as string()
- method ListAttributes(path as string, Options as Integer = 0) as string()
- method RemoveAttribute(path as folderitem, name as string, options as Integer = 0) as boolean
- method RemoveAttribute(path as string, name as string, options as Integer = 0) as boolean
- method SetAttribute(path as folderitem, name as string, data as Variant, options as Integer = 0) as boolean
- method SetAttribute(path as string, name as string, data as Variant, options as Integer = 0) as boolean
- method SetRawAttribute(path as folderitem, name as string, data as memoryblock, options as Integer = 0) as boolean
- method SetRawAttribute(path as string, name as string, data as memoryblock, options as Integer = 0) as boolean
- const kAttributeNameFinderComment = "com.apple.metadata:kMDItemFinderComment"
- const kAttributeNameFinderInfo = "com.apple.FinderInfo"
- const kAttributeNameResourceFork = "com.apple.ResourceFork"
Flags
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| kCreate | 2 |
Fail if the named attribute already exists. |
| kNoDefault | 16 | |
| kNoFollow | 1 |
Do not follow symbolic links. ListAttributes normally lists attributes of the target of path if it is a symbolic link. With this option, ListAttributes will list attributes of the link itself. |
| kNoSecurity | 8 | |
| kReplace | 4 |
Fail if the named attribute does not exist. Failure to specify kReplace or kCreate allows creation and replacement. |
| kShowCompression | 32 |
ListAttributes will list HFS Plus Compression extended attribute(s) (if present) for the file referred to by path. |
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